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Amii Stewart
Amii Stewart is a disco artist from Washington, USA formed in 1978. 51 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Disco · Washington, USA · Best disco albums
- 51
- Releases
- 1981–2026
- Active years
- 1978
- Formed
Discography
32
Most popular
Lady to Ladies
1994
The Men I Love
1995
Magic
1992
Amii
1986
Pearls: Amii Stewart Sings Ennio Morricone
2014
The Hits: Remixed
2026
Knock on Wood: The Anthology
2026
The Greatest Hits
2023
A Time to Love
2017
Paradise Bird
2016
The Enchanting Sound of
2015
The Essentials
2015
Time for Fantasy
2014
Love Affair
2014
Try Love
2014
Pearls
2014
Greatest Hits
2012
The Complete Collection
2012
The Ultimate Collection
2012
The Gold Collection
2012
Intense
2012
The Many Sides Of Amii Stewart
2011
The Very Best Of
2011
Lady Day (Cast Album Interpretations, Digital Version)
2010
Caracciolo Street (Bilingual Double Album Set Digital Version)
2010
Power Play
2009
Time Is Tight
2009
Knock on Wood & Paradise Bird
2005
Here's to You
2005
Amii Stewart
2004
The Best of Amii Stewart: Knock on Wood
1996
Images
1981
Singles & EPs
19
Knock on Wood
Single · 2024
Stories
Single · 2026
GRACE (Piano & Vocal Version)
Single · 2026
Mama
Single · 2025
FUNK
Single · 2025
Love Ain't No Toy
Single · 2024
Friends (Amii's version)
Single · 2024
Perfectly Beautiful
Single · 2022
My God Is So High (Christmas at The Vatican) (Live)
Single · 2019
Together (Original Release)
Single · 2014
Friends
Single · 2014
Love Song (Digital Version: Inspirational Single In 4 Languages)
EP · 2014
Con te (Digital Version : Inspirational Single In 4 Languages)
EP · 2014
Ordinary People
Single · 2012
Walking Africa
Single · 2011
Precious Moments - Zingara Soundtrack
Single · 2009
Don't Stop
Single · 1994
Don't Stop
EP · 1993
Don't Stop (Single)
EP · 1993
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About
Amy 'Amii' Paulette Stewart (born January 29, 1956) is an American R&B/disco/dance-pop singer, dancer and actress most famous for her hit disco record "Knock on Wood". Stewart is the stepsister of actress-singer Miquel Brown and aunt to Brown's actress-singer daughter Sinitta. Amy Stewart was the fifth of six children. Amii Stewart's father Joseph Stewart II, signed her up for singing and dancing lessons in 1960, at the age of four. There already was an Amy Stewart registered with Actor's Equity, so she changed the spelling of her name to Amii. She began attending Howard University in Washington but soon left to work with the D.C. Repertory Dance Company, studying ballet and modern dance. Before being signed to Ariola Records, Stewart was in the touring company of the stage production Bubbling Brown Sugar in 1975, firstly in Miami, then Broadway, and eventually London's West End, where she met Barry Leng, a record producer for Hansa records. The heavy drum sounds heard on "Knock On Wood", and many other of Amii's tracks, were provided by session drummer supremo Peter Boita ( also credited as the "Drum Doctor" on many tracks ).
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Using a combination of Linn Drum Computers and Simmons SDS7 electronic drums, Peter developed drum sounds and synching techniques that were way ahead of anything else at that time. At the end of 1977, "You Really Touched My Heart" a Leng/Simon May composition, produced by Leng, was Stewart's first recording. An album followed, which contained five Leng/May songs, one Leng/Morris song and three cover versions. Her first single, a disco cover version of the 1966 Eddie Floyd hit "Knock on Wood" (Floyd/Cropper), reached number one in the U.S. in April 1979, and earned her a platinum record and a Grammy Award nomination. It also reached number 6 in the UK, and number 2 in Australia. In the same year, Amii Stewart followed up with another cover of The Doors' classic, "Light My Fire", which reached #5 in the UK, although only managed a lowly #69 in the US. She recorded it as a medley, incorporating "Light My Fire/137 Disco Heaven". Among her other successes in music recordings is the song entitled "Friends" from 1985. This song was a collaboration with the Italian composer/musician Mike Francis and was a big hit in the UK and the Philippines.
Amii Stewart in brief
- How many Amii Stewart releases are on Riffiter?
- 51 releases are catalogued, spanning 1981 to 2026.
- When was Amii Stewart formed?
- Amii Stewart formed in 1978, in Washington, USA.
- What genre is Amii Stewart?
- Amii Stewart is catalogued under Disco.
- What is the most recent Amii Stewart release on Riffiter?
- The Hits: Remixed, released in 2026.